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OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. 
tone of alarm ; and they are always shy and suspicious 
of the designs of every observer. On a fine spring morn- 
ing, however, perched towards the summit of some tree in 
the forest, where they seek rest after their twilight wan- 
derings, small and select parties may be seen gratefully 
basking in the mild beams of the sunshine. The male on 
such occasions, like many other egotists, seems as 
proud of his uncouth jargon, and as eager to please his 
favorite companions, as the sentimental Nightingale with 
his pathetic and varied lay. 
The length of this species is 7 inches, its breadth 11. The head 
and neck blackish brown ; the rest black, glossed with violet on the 
breast, and with greenish above. Legs and claws black. Iris hazeL 
